The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 9, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
4:59 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3145
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 6.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.50° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.41° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.